By means of this
clarification (244 kB) the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
secretariat provides a complete overview of inquiries received from interested organizations with
responses provided by the UNFCCC secretariat in consultation with the evaluation panel, as requested
by the Conference of the Parties.

Responses to the inquiries contained in this clarification are an integral part of the call
for proposals for hosting the Climate Technology Centre (CFP 2012-S1) issued by the UNFCCC
secretariat on 16 January 2012. In their proposals, proponents shall consider the clarification
provided in addition to the specifications of the CFP.

Furthermore, the UNFCCC secretariat informs on the following:

The closing deadline for submission of proposals is 16 March 2012 at 12 noon Central
European Time (CET), as originally scheduled;

Proponents are kindly requested to also enclose in their submission an electronic copy
(on CD-ROM) of the proposal, in order to faciliate the review;

Proposals will be opened by the UNFCCC secretariat on 16 March 2012 at 3 p.m.
CET and the list of proponents and executive summaries included in the proposals will be
made available on the UNFCCC website the next business day.

The Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC), by its decision 1/CP.16, established a Technology Mechanism which consists of a Technology
Executive Committee and a Climate Technology Centre and Network with their respective functions.

The COP, at its seventeenth session in Durban, South Africa, decided to launch the selection process
for the host of Climate Technology Centre, in order to make the Technology Mechanism fully
operational in 2012.

The call
for proposals (455 kB) is hereby issued by the UNFCCC secretariat as requested by the COP to
invite interested organizations including consortia of organizations to submit their proposals for
hosting the Climate Technology Centre.

The proposals must be submitted to the secretariat not later than 16 March 2012 at 12
noon Central European Time. Further information with regard to the submission and
evaluation of proposals could be found in the full
package of the call for proposals (455 kB) as attached.